Check out this map of every person counted in the 2010 US and 2011 Canadian censuses. (Censi?) Brandon Martin-Anderson plotted one dot for each person – 341,817,095 in all.
Be sure to click on the “Show labels” button in the top right hand corner for the names of towns and major roads. And keep zooming in to see the smudges turn into a zillion tiny dots.
Neat, huh?
“Prize winning author Professor Amanda Vickery sets her sights on the golden age of homemaking – the 18th Century Georgian era. Through dramatic reconstructions, she traces the story of the unique relationship Britons enjoy with their homes, arguing that the Georgians’ obsession with decor helped to redefine the parts played by men and women in British society.”
Very enjoyable – I give it five chihuahuas out of five.
A month into it, I think I can finally say with some confidence that I’ve turned the corner and this cold is not going to kill me. It’s been a doozy, that’s for sure. Strep throat, sinusitis, cold sores, double ear infection, and, gulp, a subconjuctival hemorrhage, which is bleeding on the surface of the eye. Don’t Google image search it – trust me.
Sadly, Christmas was a subdued affair, what with me hacking and sniffling and leaking brains everywhere, and both my birthday and New Year’s were complete washouts. Bummer. The good news, as my coworkers pointed out, is that I must now have antibodies to absolutely everything going around. So bring it on, germy patrons. Cough on that card and then hand it to me. Sneeze in my face as I hand you your books. Wipe your nose with your hand and then ask to use my phone. No problem.
After four and a half months of anticipation, Charlotte is proud to present…the world’s most expensive eggs.
